A ‘Mortified’ Tale Just in Time for Halloween

On the “Mortified” podcast, brave adults read aloud the most embarrassing moments from their childhood journals. The show’s inspired a new book — a do-it-yourself journal for adults called “My Mortified Life.”

So, for Halloween, we wanted to share this favorite from the show. It’s performed by Sarah Hoops who — in middle school — desperately wanted to be a vampire. In the audio above, she is reading 1990s entries from her seventh grade diary… on-stage in Portland.

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David Litt penned some of former President Obama's most memorable speeches, including his comic turns at White House Correspondents' Dinners. The stories behind those speeches are the stuff of his new memoir, "Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years." Listen as he shares a tale that didn't make it into the book… maybe because it involves him stealing.

Annie Spence has spent much of her life lost in books-- first as a ravenous reader, and then, for the past ten years, as a librarian in the Midwest. Listen as she shares an excerpt from her new book, which collects dozens of letters she's written TO the books in her life.